Yan Qingshan returned to Dongguan on December 20th. He handed the spoils to the people who Ma Mingyuan came to accept on the dock, and then went to the shipyard to see the big ship.

When Ma Mingyuan saw the list of spoils, he was also shocked. Unexpectedly, the local rich men in Xuwen were so rich, with only three million taels of silver and two million taels of other goods.

Of course, we have to report such a major event to the King of Chu. Ma Mingyuan came to the King of Chu's palace and asked to see His Highness the King of Chu.

Zhu Hongsan met Ma Mingyuan in the office. Ma Mingyuan first reported on the situation of Xu Wen's trip. After all, this was a successful solution by his elder brother.

Next, Ma Mingyuan asked how to solve the spoils of King Chu this time. After all, it was all worth more than 5 million taels. In the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, the national income was only 4 million taels, which was the national income for one year.

Zhu Hongsan said without thinking: "All the money is handed over to the household department."

Ma Mingyuan had known that Zhu Hongsan could say this. Ma Mingyuan was becoming more and more satisfied with this lord. Zhu Hongsan had all the excellent qualities of reviving the monarch, his character was strong, cruel and ruthless, talented, etc. The most commendable thing was that Zhu Hongsan knew to share power with the literati and officials.

Now Ma Mingyuan has great power. Except for the army, Ma Mingyuan cannot get involved, all other matters are under the jurisdiction of Ma Mingyuan. Zhu Hongsan completely obeys Ma Mingyuan's other trivial matters except for expressing opinions on major events.

Sometimes Ma Mingyuan thought that this was the right thing that the predecessors wanted to achieve was the prime minister's power and balance the monarch's power? Unexpectedly, only Zhang Juzheng could do it himself in the Ming Dynasty. So Ma Mingyuan is now working wholeheartedly for Zhu Hongsan.

In fact, he was wrong about Zhu Hongsan. Zhu Hongsan was not letting go of the right. On the contrary, Zhu Hongsan attaches great importance to power. However, Zhu Hongsan knew that he was not as good as these stinky young masters in governing the country. If you want them to work happily, you have to give them rights, so that they feel that this country is governing.

Zhu Hongsan had two ways to control power. The first was military power. The great men in later generations said that the guns were coming out of power was a famous saying, and Zhu Hongsan would definitely not forget it. Therefore, Zhu Hongsan strengthened brainwashing education for the army and taught officers above the company every month to ensure that grandma had military power.

The second type is the spy. Qian Lide has returned from Nanzhili. The intelligence network in Nanzhili and the north has been basically completed. Qian Lide's next task is to form a security agency.

As long as you have these two means to ensure your safety, what's wrong with giving up some of that false reputation to these stinky old ninths? Zhu Hongsan thinks he is not Zhu Yuanzhang, and Zhu Di's perverted reading memorials every day until one or two o'clock in the middle of the night. Zhu Hongsan still has to enjoy life and play with all kinds of beauty. Since Ma Mingyuan wants to suffer on his behalf, let him suffer.

So Ma Mingyuan was devoted to Zhu Hongsan. Hearing that Ma Mingyuan had to work until twelve o'clock every day, Zhu Hongsan couldn't help but think in his heart: Ma Laoer won't be exhausted, right?

After the negotiation on the spoils was completed, Zhu Hongsan had another important thing to discuss with Ma Mingyuan today. That is how to change the inefficiency of bureaucrats in the Ming Dynasty.

This cannot be blamed on these officials. You should know that there are only four people in a county, namely the county magistrate, county magistrate, county magistrate, and dictionary. The others are temporary workers and the court does not care about it. But there are not many officials in a county.

There were about 100,000 officials in a Zhongxian County with a size of 100,000, which was incomparable to more than 200 people in a township in later generations. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty only managed the grassroots level at the county level, and the gentry under them were managed by themselves.

This causes the country to be unable to concentrate its national strength in one place when there is something wrong with it, and the superior officials are helpless when there is a situation below. This time, the incident in Xuwen County is a good example.

Therefore, after more than half a month of thinking, Zhu Hongsan believed that the rights of the grassroots should be greatly strengthened.

Zhu Hongsan's plan is to establish a township-level organization below the county and establish a village below the township. Each village must reach 100 households. One village chief can be established. The one who is responsible for the whole village affairs, one security chief will be appointed, and the one who is responsible for the robbery will be arrested.

There are 100 people at the township level, and each township has 3,000 to 5,000 households. One township chief, one eighth rank, two deputy township chiefs, four eighth rank, police station, finance station, cultural station, industrial station, and nineth rank.

There are 300 to 1,000 people at the county level, and 30000 to 50,000 households in the middle county, with a population of about 100,000. There is one county magistrate, two county magistrates, two county magistrates, two county magistrates, two county magistrates, two divine officials, two divine officials, and two deputy chief ranks. At the same time, the county has eight bureaus, namely the police bureau, the Finance Bureau, the Civil Affairs Bureau, the Agriculture Bureau, the Water Resources Bureau, the Education Bureau, the Personnel Bureau, and the Tax Bureau. Each bureau has a hundred to two hundred people, and the director is from the eighth rank.

These are funded by the state, and they are assessed every three years. If the assessment is excellent, you can be promoted, including officials.

After reading Zhu Hongsan's plan in detail, Ma Mingyuan really doesn't know how Zhu Hongsan's head looks like. He can think of such shocking things. This kind of thing has a great impact when implemented.

Ma Mingyuan said: "Lord, this kind of thing costs too much. A county with a salary of 30,000 taels of silver per year, and more than 1,000 counties across the country cost more than 30,000 taels of silver. We don't have that much money."

Zhu Hongsan said: "Sir, this is just a plan. Not all counties do this. Lower counties with a small population can reduce some officials. I expect that it will cost about 5 million taels of silver every year. But do you know that if this plan is the same, all scholars all over the world will stand on our side immediately. Why worry about whether our big things will be accomplished at that time?"

Ma Mingyuan also knew that this thing was too tempting. He should know that there were thousands of scholars all over the world. However, more than 300 people could become officials every three years. This plan can solve the employment problem of more than 30,000 scholars in one county. Anyone who opposes this plan will be unable to get along with scholars all over the world.

Zhu Hongsan said: "Sir, it's great to see this way. Now Dongguan County is in our hands. Let's experiment in Dongguan County first to see if this plan is feasible."

This is also a solution. Ma Mingyuan nodded and said, "Master, I think it's feasible to experiment in Dongguan County. Now Dongguan County has a growing population, and more than 100 officials in the county government can't manage it. In addition, there are almost 1,000 people in the urban management team and the factory area guards. We are just turning them into official positions."

Zhu Hongsan nodded and said, "Sir, since you agree, please go down and discuss with County Magistrate Gong and implement it as soon as possible. The Chief Secretary and the Secretary General need to expand the scale. Now there are only more than 20 people who are really busy. I heard that the Secretary General must work until late at night and pay attention to his health. The Chief Secretary General Office will expand to 200 people."

Ma Mingyuan stood up and thanked the King of Chu for his care, and went down to Dongguan County Magistrate Gong Dacheng to discuss what to do.

Looking at Ma Ming going away, Zhu Hongsan said to Zhang Jiayu who was recording: "Yuanzi, do you think this plan is feasible?"

Zhang Jiayu thought for a while and said, "The rest is not sure, but one thing is guaranteed. Once this plan is released, all the scholars in the world will thank the King of Chu. All the gentry in Guangdong must follow His Highness the King of Chu."

Zhang Jiayu is a local from Dongguan. He knew very well that some local scholars wanted to become officials, and these people were important factors in guiding the local people's hearts. If they had a way out in their career, they naturally had to vigorously publicize the benefits of the King of Chu, so that all the people in Guangdong would be tied to the King of Chu's chariot.

Zhu Hongsan smiled. He naturally knew these benefits. He also knew that others could not learn this policy because they had no money. Now Zhu Hongsan controls industry, real estate, sugar, and salt. Zhu Hongsan calculated it in advance. After the sugar and salt were spread across the country, he could earn 10 million taels of silver every year. This is the foundation of the implementation of this policy.

Zhu Hongsan thought about it and found that the important thing now is to seize the national market, squeeze out the salt industry in Lianghuai and the iron industry in Shanxi, so as to break the Ming Dynasty's own independent natural economy. A large number of industrial workers were exactly what they needed.

Nowadays, there are still enough labor force, but as your territory expands, there will be less and less manpower. So you need to prepare in advance.
Chapter completed!